Mangelia gemmula
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Mangelia |
Species: | M. gemmula
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia gemmula Turton, 1932
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Synonyms | |
Mangilia gemmula Turton, 1932 |
Mangelia gemmula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
This species is similar to Mangelia tranquilla H. Barnard, 1958 but shows 12 axial plicae.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.
References
- Turton, William Harry. The marine shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Gastropods.com: Mangilia gemmula